Brakes again

[rjjammer]

Hi all,

 

I went for one last ride before this white stuff fell and need some ideas on why my rear brake pedal is hard (not bottomed out) but will only barely slow the bike. I have delinked it with the kit available here, and have the R1 upgrade front and better rear caliper. There is no air in the lines. So any ideas?

 

86 Venture Royale

 

Thanks rjjammer

[Flyinfool]

When you did the de-link, Did you remove the proportioning valve from the rear MC, and reroute the rear brake line to the port on the rear MC that used to go to the front?

 

I also had to adjust the height of the break peddle to give me the braking feel that I wanted. Enough that I can get anywhere up to and including locking the rear wheel. But it will only lock if I make an effort to do so.

 

Since the rear is now only applying brakes to the rear wheel and not the rear and front it will feel like there is a lot less braking power, because there is a lot less braking power.

 

I did the de-link and I can easily lock the rear wheel if I wish.

[rjjammer]

Yes I removed the proportioning valve but I am not sure which port the line goes to now that you say that...

 

Which port did you use?

[Flyinfool]

The rear brake line now goes to the port that the front brake line used to go to. This would be the port that you can still see with the MC mounted on the bike.